Legislative

FAC has sent a letter to the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust after the City of Miami is about to impose a new ordinance allowing officers to arrest homeless registrants without the safeguard offered to other homeless individuals – the offer to be housed in a shelter. We have copied all Miami-Dade County Commissioners and are sending copies of the letter to

Nearly 1/3 of persons required to register as sex offenders in Miami-Dade are homeless. That’s an insane statistic. They are not homeless because they want to be. They are legislated into homelessness because of the County’s “Lauren Book Child Safety Act” that sets a 2500 residency restriction. They are not refusing emergency shelter. They can’t go to an emergency shelter

FAC Members and Registrants in Florida, A significant number of seats in both the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives are open because the current office holders are term limited or resigned. These elections provide a rare chance for fresh voices, new ideas, and meaningful conversations about the issues that matter most to all of us – the sex

Former Florida Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book has announced she is seeking a return to the Florida Senate, launching a campaign for Senate District 30. For registrants and their families, the Book name represents something far more consequential: one of the most powerful political dynasties behind the expansion of Florida’s sex offense registry system wants back in. Lauren Book built

According to Florida Politics the Florida House has no companion to a funding bill in the Senate that would apply millions of dollars into the ICAC stings we’ve written about recently. The House’s refusal to immediately back the Senate proposal expanding funding for internet predator investigations is an interesting development, especially after years of these programs receiving near-automatic political support.

Florida Representative Rachel Plakon of Seminole County, just handed our state another example of policy making that looks tough but does nothing to keep kids safe. Rep. Plakon was the sponsor of House Bill 45 that expanded residency restrictions to include public swimming pools for people on the sex offender registry and restricting their school access. She sponsored the bill